Rough and Ready, Pennsylvania

Rough and Ready
Unincorporated community
House at the intersection of Ridge Road and Erdman Road
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Coordinates: 40°40′46″N76°37′40″W / 40.67944°N 76.62778°W / 40.67944; -76.62778
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Schuylkill
Elevation	732 ft (223 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	17941
Area code	570
GNIS feature ID	1204550 [1]

Rough and Ready is a cross-roads located in Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, west of Hepler, near the confluence of Little Mahantango Creek and Mahantango Creek, which flows west into the Susquehanna River. It uses the Klingerstown, Pennsylvania ZIP Code of 17941. ^[2] The place, which consists of two homes and a church, was named for the gold-rush town of Rough and Ready, California, which in turn was named by a mining company also named in honor of Zachary Taylor's nickname, "Old Rough and Ready." ^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rough and Ready, Pennsylvania
2. "Klingerstown Pennsylvania ZIP Code Map - HipCodes.com". Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
3. "Origins of town names of Northeast PA". Nepanewsletter.com. Retrieved September 8, 2018.